“I think I might be a bit wobbly in my corona moral” – young people's moral functioning during the Covid‐19 lockdown
A social representations approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21391980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah H Christensen (London School of Economics and Political Science London UK), Ilka Helene Gleibs (0000-0002-9913-250X, London School of Economics and Political Science London UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 527-542 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12903 |
| PMID | 36744857 |
| OpenAlex | W4319294088 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 55 |
In this paper, we use social representations theory to examine how young people made sense of COVID‐19 and the emergent behavioral guidelines during the lockdown in Denmark in Spring 2020. Further, we discuss how this informed their moral functioning. This research is explored through triangulation, investigating how COVID‐19 was represented in central speeches by Danish leaders ( N = 4) and by young people in focus groups ( n = 5, N = 25) and individual interviews ( N = 10). Results suggest that young people's moral functioning during COVID‐19 depended on multiple, often polemic, representations. Consequently, their moral functioning was found to be an ambivalent practice, resulting in coping strategies of adaptation to their surroundings and othering fellow citizens deviating from the guidelines. In this context, coherent communication by authorities and community values are identified as key to promoting behavior change. As the social impact of COVID‐19 is unprecedented in many societies, including the Danish, this study contributes to the field of emerging infectious diseases providing insights that are essential for the continued management of this and future pandemics
Ambivalence · Context (archaeology) · Coping (psychology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Danish · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Morality · Psychotherapist · Community Health and Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |